There were a few moments this week when I looked at the leftovers in my fridge and felt a little stress. Kris had brought home some leftovers from my mom's that I had left on purpose and now had to find a way to use them. We do well with her leftovers, but what we always were throwing out was the salad. My mom makes a big salad and sends it home with us. If it's not eaten in the first night or afternoon it's no good to anybody. This means I had a big bowl of salad for breakfast this week. I followed that with a big bowl of Chinese food, so you could say it is all balancing out.
The only thing that is left in the fridge is a big container of gravy. This is a large amount so, I am thinking I should make a shepherd's pie. Kris asked me if it was the beef barley soup my mom made and I said yes. He almost ate it, but he doesn't ever eat gravy, so I felt too bad to let him.
Tip: Freeze gravy in small baby food containers and thaw out as a treat for the dog.
If you haven't figured it out yet, most of my food is coming from my mom's house. She is a chronic over cooker and I love it. She has been more thoughtful of her food waste this month. I went to her house for the day and we had the same meal for dinner as we had for lunch. I have NEVER had leftovers at her house before. This was a big step! When Evy pointed this out, my mom said she was embarrassed that she was serving the same meal again. lol Joking, but probably a little serious.
The good: Kris isn't really fully participating, but I left him some 4 day old yogurt and told him it was his job to eat it. He put it in a smoothie, good boy!
The bad: Some small spoonfuls of my avocados were brown and Wyn wouldn't eat them (just kidding, I didn't try to make her) I threw out the gross looking leftovers that Kris brought home from my mom's. They looked old when we got them and I can never be too sure how long they were in her fridge. I don't consider this a fail.
Another rule I have decided over the last month. If the food was purchased in 2010 I am allowed to throw it out. It just means I should have done a better job of cleaning out my cupboards prior to this challenge. There was some junky baby cookies in the cupboard that I was not going to feed either of the girls, so in the garbage they went.
Suggestions please~
What to do with this container of gravy?
What to do with a box of raspberry shortbread cookies?
With the gravy you could make a beef stew. I usually toss a packet of gravy mix in when I make stew, so I think it would work well. It's also a great way to use up what's left of the veggies at the end of the week. The ones that aren't qute fresh enough to eat raw, but no where rear being spoiled. Then pair it with some fresh buns. Either home made (I have a super yummy super quick single rise recipe if you want it) or store bought. You can keep enough out for supper and freeze the rest.
ReplyDeletewow. I should spell check. aren't QUITE fresh enough to eat raw but nowhere NEAR being spoiled.
ReplyDeleteI would use it to make a chicken stew... or make some open faced sandwiches OR freeze it for future use.
ReplyDeleteRaspberry shortbread cookies can be eaten with fresh fruit for dessert or in a trifle type thing or crushed into ice cream or sent to daycare so you don't have to worry about them... roflmao!
Ps... this is Tammy ;)